AuthorTopic: Salary Demands (Read 5209 times)

I am meeting with my employer soon to talk about transitioning from an intern to a paid associate and am trying to figure out what my salary demands should be. I work for a an entertainment law firm that also works in film production. The companies are separate but headed by the same person. The production company is still pretty upstart, the law firm is small but established. I have talked to people who work at other film companies and it sounds like they get paid roughly $15 an hour. What are the typical salaries of 2Ls working at small firms in Los Angeles? I figure my living expenses are about $2000 a month (over half of that is rent) so $15 an hour is doable, but I feel like it is not comparable to the work that I do. Any suggestions of a figure I should go into the meeting with? Thanks!!

Well I work for both companies. I know I should make a lot more than a PA, but my question is how much should I be asking for? I know I can find numbers for summer associates at big law firms but what about 2Ls at small law firms when I'm not doing just legal work? Sorry for the confusion; it's a bit of a different position than the usual straight legal work.

I assume you're not an attorney (?). I'm not sure why a 2L summer associate salary would have anything to do with what you should make, but if you're still curious, do some NALP searches and they'll give you an idea of what people are getting paid.